Site details

Aspros Toumba

PK	C1683
TITLE	Aspros Toumba
WGS84	40.915496° N, 22.623595° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.915496, 22.623595
LON/LAT	22.623595, 40.915496

DMS

40° 54' 55.7856" N

22° 37' 24.942" E

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UTM	34 T, 636724, 4530645
EGSA87	383943, 4530003

Elevation m	53
Elevation feet	173.9
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 184    'Among the very few surface sherds collected here are two which may be Mycenaean.'
2.    Sherds.   French [1967], 57    '?Myc - 6-7'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 184, 'EB MB? LB LH III? "PG" C? H'
    b.    French [1967]: 57, 'EB - EB 2: 1-2; EB 3: 3'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 184, 'EB MB? LB LH III? "PG" C? H'
    b.    French [1967]: 57, '?MB - Grey b.:4'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 57, '?Myc - 6-7'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 184, 'EB MB? LB LH III? "PG" C? H'
    b.    French [1967]: 57, 'LB - Brown b.: 5'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 184, 'EB MB? LB LH III? "PG" C? H'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 57, 'PG - 8-9'

NOTES

1. The identification is certain. See the map in Rey [1921] 25, fig. 11.

2. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Aspros Toumba (Amatovo) A 19', pg. 5.

2. Rey [1921]: Rey, Léon. Observations sur les premiers habitats de la Macédoine; Recueillies par le Service Archéologique de l'Armée d'Orient; 1916-1919 (Région de Salonique). E. De Boccard, Paris, '2. - Amatovo (Toumba. ...)', pg. 24. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Aspros Toumba', pg. 184. DH French, CM No. A 19
Online here.